Public opinion of China has plummeted among the world’s most advanced economies under the reign of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping.
A new global survey by the Pew Research Center found that the opinions of large majorities in the world’s developed nations had turned “precipitously more negative” regarding China due to the leadership of Xi and the authoritarian direction of the CCP under his rule.
“A large majority of Americans see China unfavorably amid concerns about China’s policies on human rights, its partnership with Russia, and other factors,” the survey said.
Negative perceptions of China in the United States have more than doubled since Xi took office in 2012, the survey found, with 82 percent of American respondents expressing an “unfavorable opinion” of China this year—that number is up from 40 percent in 2012….